púrpura

Meaning

Adj

1. (feminine,masculine) purpure
2. (feminine,masculine) purple

Noun

1. (feminine) purple (colour)
2. (feminine) blood
3. (feminine) Tyrian purple
4. (feminine) purple dye murex (Murex brandaris)
5. (feminine) purpura, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Concepts

purple

purpure

purpura

purple dye murex

purple cloth

purpleness

amethyst

mercury

Hyphenated as

púr‧pu‧ra

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpuɾpuɾa/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra). Cf. the inherited Old Spanish forms pórpola (“purple cloth”), pórpora.

Sentences

Floretes con corolas generalmente de color rosa a blanco lavanda o púrpura .

Florets with corollas usually pink to white lavender or purple.